Azure Certification Job Trends in the West Midlands

Microsoft Azure Certification
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 146 205
Rank change year-on-year +114 +59 -135
Permanent jobs citing Azure Certification 382 28 53
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 4.54% 0.87% 0.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 16.16% 2.20% 2.70%
Number of salaries quoted 37 23 44
10th Percentile - £40,250 £37,875
25th Percentile £28,250 £44,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -53.08% -3.70% +31.71%
75th Percentile £60,000 £71,875 £88,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,750 £107,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £60,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year -17.01% -7.31% -7.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

Azure Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,364 1,273 1,963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 28.11% 39.62% 26.61%
Number of salaries quoted 635 575 1,287
10th Percentile £27,694 £27,750 £25,650
25th Percentile £34,212 £36,925 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.77% +3.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £63,125
90th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,021 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.05% +0.04% -7.60%

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Azure Certification job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Azure Certification
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Azure Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Azure Certification

Azure Certification
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Certification in the West Midlands

Azure Certification
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Certification within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Birmingham +61 96 £30,500 -48.52% 12
Herefordshire +5 70 £75,000 +87.50%
Wolverhampton - 70 £32,500 - 7
Staffordshire - 70 £60,000 - 2
Coventry +11 69 - - 2
Dudley - 2 £30,250 - 1
Shropshire - 2 £34,500 - 1
Azure Certification
England

Azure Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (1.05%) WordPress
2 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 105 (27.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 382 (100.00%) Azure
2 135 (35.34%) Azure AI
3 108 (28.27%) Power Platform
4 22 (5.76%) AWS
4 22 (5.76%) GitHub
5 4 (1.05%) Entra ID
5 4 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (0.79%) Azure Logic Apps
6 3 (0.79%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (0.52%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.26%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.26%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.26%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.26%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.76%) Internet
2 2 (0.52%) LAN
2 2 (0.52%) WAN
2 2 (0.52%) Wireless
3 1 (0.26%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (28.27%) Power BI
2 105 (27.49%) Tableau
3 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.26%) Metadata
3 1 (0.26%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 22 (5.76%) Git
General
1 348 (91.10%) Social Skills
2 22 (5.76%) Multimedia
3 7 (1.83%) Finance
4 1 (0.26%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 212 (55.50%) Analyst
2 210 (54.97%) Junior
2 210 (54.97%) Junior Analyst
3 105 (27.49%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 105 (27.49%) Data Analyst
3 105 (27.49%) Junior Data Analyst
3 105 (27.49%) Junior Security Analyst
3 105 (27.49%) Security Analyst
4 75 (19.63%) Ethical Hacker
5 30 (7.85%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 30 (7.85%) Network Engineer
6 22 (5.76%) Trainee
7 14 (3.66%) Developer
8 10 (2.62%) Software Developer
8 10 (2.62%) Trainee Developer
8 10 (2.62%) Trainee Software Developer
9 4 (1.05%) Administrator
9 4 (1.05%) Senior Developer
9 4 (1.05%) Trainee Administrator
9 4 (1.05%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.76%) CSS
1 22 (5.76%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 75 (19.63%) Cyberattack
2 3 (0.79%) Cloud Native
3 2 (0.52%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (0.52%) Management Information System
3 2 (0.52%) Operational Technology
3 2 (0.52%) Security Posture
4 1 (0.26%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.52%) Windows
1 2 (0.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (52.36%) Cybersecurity
2 136 (35.60%) AI
3 126 (32.98%) Mentoring
4 107 (28.01%) Business Intelligence
5 75 (19.63%) Ethical Hacking
6 30 (7.85%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
7 4 (1.05%) Agile
7 4 (1.05%) CI/CD
7 4 (1.05%) ITIL
7 4 (1.05%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (1.05%) Web Development
8 3 (0.79%) Cloud Security
8 3 (0.79%) Infrastructure as Code
8 3 (0.79%) Project Delivery
9 2 (0.52%) Commercial Awareness
9 2 (0.52%) Containerisation
9 2 (0.52%) Customer Experience
9 2 (0.52%) Incident Response
9 2 (0.52%) Operational Stability
9 2 (0.52%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 159 (41.62%) Python
2 110 (28.80%) SQL
3 22 (5.76%) JavaScript
4 12 (3.14%) R
5 3 (0.79%) C#
6 2 (0.52%) Bicep
6 2 (0.52%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 105 (27.49%) CompTIA CySA+
1 105 (27.49%) CompTIA Security+
2 75 (19.63%) CEH
3 30 (7.85%) CCNA
3 30 (7.85%) Cisco Certification
3 30 (7.85%) Network+ Certification
4 27 (7.07%) Microsoft Certification
5 22 (5.76%) AWS Certification
5 22 (5.76%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 2 (0.52%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.52%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.52%) MCSE
6 2 (0.52%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.52%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (0.26%) GDPR
1 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (1.05%) Active Directory
1 4 (1.05%) Docker
2 2 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (1.57%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.79%) Terraform
3 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.52%) SCCM
4 1 (0.26%) Argo
4 1 (0.26%) Grafana
4 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 346 (90.58%) Microsoft
2 210 (54.97%) ForeScout
3 30 (7.85%) Cisco
4 2 (0.52%) Veeam
4 2 (0.52%) VMware
5 1 (0.26%) Databricks
5 1 (0.26%) OpenAI